Google Cloud Dedicated Operations Product Management Lead

At Google, we put our users first. The world is always changing, so we need Product Managers who are continuously adapting and excited to work on products that affect millions of people every day.

In this role, you will work cross-functionally to guide products from conception to launch by connecting the technical and business worlds. You can break down complex problems into steps that drive product development.

One of the many reasons Google consistently brings innovative, world-changing products to market is because of the collaborative work we do in Product Management. Our team works closely with creative engineers, designers, marketers, etc. to help design and develop technologies that improve access to the world's information. We're responsible for guiding products throughout the execution cycle, focusing specifically on analyzing, positioning, packaging, promoting, and tailoring our solutions to our users.

Google Cloud Dedicated (GCD) delivers the sovereign cloud solutions for governments and regulated industries worldwide. We are seeking an experienced Operations Lead to lead the operational product strategy and readiness for GCD.

In this role, you will manage a team of three Product Managers (PMs), defining the direction for secure, compliant, and efficient cloud operations. You will foster operational excellence, ensuring local partners are fully enabled to operate GCD environments while maintaining stringent security and reliability standards.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $240000 - $334000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Guide and mentor a team of PMs in evolving, and executing the product outlook, strategy, and roadmap for all aspects of GCD operations, orchestrate the PMs to deliver operational tooling, partner integration frameworks, support systems, and service management capabilities that meet the sovereignty and security requirements.
• Lead the product readiness for GCD operations, collaborate with Engineering, SRE, Security, and local operating partners. Empower the PMs to define the product requirements, user journeys, and documentation to enable partners to securely operate GCD, and ensure new features and deployments are reliable.
• Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence across GCD. Lead the PMs to understand customer and partner operational needs, analyze service performance, and translate insights into product enhancements that improve efficiency, supportability, and customer satisfaction. Represent the operational product in leadership forums.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in product management or related technical role.
• Experience in product management, with cloud operations, infrastructure products, or technical tooling, and with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and practices.
• Experience with operational tooling for cloud environments (e.g., monitoring, logging, automation tools).
• Experience defining product outlook, strategy, and roadmaps from concept to launch.
• Experience managing, coaching, and developing a team of Product Managers.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with products designed to meet strict security and compliance requirements.
• Understanding of data sovereignty, operational sovereignty, and the regulatory landscapes impacting cloud adoption in sensitive sectors (e.g., GDPR, SecNumCloud).
• Ability to discuss technical details of cloud architecture, distributed systems, and operational frameworks with engineering teams and grasp complex technical challenges and translate them into product solutions.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year.